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H. W. SHORT.

MEANS POR BXHIBITING GQNSBOUTIVE PICTURES.

Patented Jan. 26, 1897.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRIT IV. SHORT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR EXHIBITING CONSECU'TIVE PICTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,761, dated January26, 1897.

Application filed June 25,1896. Serial No. 596,910. (No model.)

.T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WILLIAM SHORT, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of London, in the county of Middlesex, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means forExhibiting Consecutive Pictures, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact specification thereof.

This invention relates to what are known as book-form kinetoscopes,wherein a number or series of leaves carrying successive representationsor pictures which are bound together at one end, the object being toinsure the pictures or representations being in juxtaposition when boundin book form.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will now refer tothe annexed drawings, in which@ Figure l is aview of part of my strip'for taking the pictures or representations thereon; Fig. 2, aperspective view of saine when cut and being bound; Fig. 3, aperspective view of book. complete; Fig. 4, a stand or support for usewhen binding the leaves together.

The present method of producing or manufacturing these book-fornikinetoscopes up to the present time has been to print the views,pictures, or representations upon separate sheets or leaves of thedesired size, which are then bound together at one end, but thediftlcultyl of insuring that each View, picture, or representation shallbe in juxtaposition has not been overcome.

Referring to the annexed drawings, in constructing a book form ofkinetoscope I eniploy a strip or band ct of a sufficient Width so thatthe views, pictures, or representations b are taken upon one side oredge of the band a. The other side is provided with perforations e, inwhich pins upon a drum engage when the views, pictures, orrepresentations are being taken, said band passing over said druin. Theform of apparatus for taking the views, pictures, or representations maybe of any well-known and convenient forin. The strip or band ct is thencut into sections or leaves along the dotted lines c and is bound asfollows: The pins d pass through the apertures or perforations e, andthus insure the juxtaposition of the views, pictures, orrepresentations. The ends are then secured or bound together by anyconvenient and wellknown means. The other ends fof the leaves are thencut at an angle, as shown by dotted lines fi, Fig. 2, so that by passingthetinger or a pointer g over said edges the views, pic tures, orrepresentations may be viewed consecutively. 7L is the base whichcarries the pins cl.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent, is-

A strip or band for bookforrn kine toscopes, one edge of which carriesviews, pictures or representations, and the other edge a row ofperforations, the pictures and the perforations being in exactalineinent, and the perforaa tions having the saine relation to thediffern ent pictures, for the purpose of positioning the latter,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this12th day of May, 1896.

HENRY NV. SHORT.

IVitnesses:

BENJAMIN CLARK, WM. JOHN WEEKS.

